JSON Web Token (JWT) Authorization for Python's Requests

JSON Web
Tokens are "a
compact URL-safe means of representing claims to be transferred between two
parties." The "claims" are assertions about what's going on, and they're
cryptographically signed, either with a shared secret between client and server
or using public key cryptography.

Playing with d3.js

At one of my jobs, I'm working with d3.js to develop
visualizations of scholarly data, such as article citations and co-authorships.
I'm not ready to show off that work yet, but I got a bee in my bonnet to make
some useless/pretty pictures. The main inspiration ...